World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Harry Morton Crandell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Wichita, Kansas
Honored By
Linda Crandell
Relationship
Daughter
He piloted a combat cargo plane from Calcutta, India, to Kunming, China, to ferry supplies, fuel and soldiers to prepare for battle. He traversed 'The Hump' of the Himalayas in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations and earned the Army Air Flying Cross and the Purple Heart.